בְּעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבָּעָה֙ לַתְּשִׁיעִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָה֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־חַגַּ֥י הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃
On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Daryavesh, the word of YHWH came to Ḥaggai the prophet, saying,
Morphology
- בְּעֶשְׂרִים (be-esrim) – Root: עשרים (esrim); Form: Preposition בְּ + numeral masculine plural; Translation: “on twenty”; Notes: Part of the date formula.
- וְאַרְבָּעָה (ve-arbaʿah) – Root: ארבע (arbaʿ); Form: Conjunction וְ + numeral masculine singular; Translation: “and four”; Notes: Completes “twenty-four.”
- לַתְּשִׁיעִי (la-teshiʿi) – Root: תשׁע (teshaʿ); Form: Preposition לְ + ordinal adjective masculine singular; Translation: “of the ninth”; Notes: Refers to the ninth month.
- בִּשְׁנַת (bishnat) – Root: שׁנה (shanah); Form: Preposition בְּ + noun feminine singular construct; Translation: “in the year of”; Notes: Standard regnal-year dating.
- שְׁתַּיִם (shetayim) – Root: שתים (shtym); Form: Numeral feminine dual; Translation: “two”; Notes: Second year of the king.
- לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ (le-Daryavesh) – Root: —; Form: Preposition לְ + proper noun; Translation: “of Daryavesh”; Notes: Refers to King Darius of Persia.
- הָיָה (hayah) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal perfect 3ms; Translation: “came / was”; Notes: Formulaic opening for prophetic reception of revelation.
- דְּבַר־ (devar) – Root: דבר (davar); Form: Noun masculine singular construct; Translation: “the word of”; Notes: Introduces divine speech.
- יְהוָה (YHWH) – Root: הוה (hwh); Form: Proper divine name; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Covenant name of Israel’s God.
- אֶל־ (el) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition; Translation: “to”; Notes: Marks the recipient of the revelation.
- חַגַּי (Ḥaggai) – Root: חגג (ḥgg); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Ḥaggai”; Notes: Name of the prophet.
- הַנָּבִיא (ha-naviʾ) – Root: נבא (n-v-ʾ); Form: Definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “the prophet”; Notes: Identifies his office.
- לֵאמֹר (le’emor) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Preposition לְ + infinitive construct; Translation: “saying”; Notes: Introduces the content of divine speech.